Trolley-guard.



F. L. LUCAS.

TROLLEY GUARD.

APPLIUATIox FILED 11:13.28, 1910.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.A

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'TROLLEY- GUARD.

APrLIouIox FILED un. 2a, 1910.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

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bined 'guide wheel and guard -sol that the trolley becomes, in, substance, a double wheel ao trolley and thus "has less tendenc than a single wheel trolley to leave the tro ley wire.

lith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists 1n general of an attaclmient for trolleys for electric ears adapted to retain the trolley wheel on the wire under ordinary conditlons and to prevent said trolley wheel from swinging away from the wire in case of displacement, the attachinent being of novel arrangement and character.

The invention further consists in certain novel details of construction and combina` tions of arts hereinafter fully described, illustrated) in the accompanying drawings, und specifically set forth m the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference ind icute like parts in the several views, a-ndz--Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of an electric car equip ed with this invent-ion, the. trolley wire icing also shown. Fr. 2 is an enlar ,d detail side elevation o the head of a tro lcv pole with the improved guide and guard attached, the )arts being shown in cmineetion with a trolley wire. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the attachment. removed bje'ctjo.f tlie invention is to proride' a. trolley :for electric. cars with a coni` hee -hefattachine tl comprises a body portion arnis'l'l'lj hich straddlejzthe'trolley pole 13 head-thereof and -are pivoted to 'l iehfexteii'dslupwa'rdfroni' the body portion'16andlesfopposite thearms 17. This arm "19 isyproridee A'with an opening 2O for purposes hereinafter to be described. Both -the arms 14 and the arm 19 lie at what may be.terme d theflower end of the body 16.

Extending upward atan angle to the body 16 and sprin ngfrom the upper side of the upper end o said bodyare spaced arms 21 between-which is held an auxiliary trolley wheel '22, the wheel rei-'olvingg` on a journal .bolt 23. From the lower part of the upper end of the body spring outwardly and upwardly curved spaced arms 24, the upper ends of these arms terminating below the horizont-al plane of the trolley wire when the trolley wheels 15 and Q2 are engaged thereon. The arms 2l are spaced at such distance apart yat their upper ends that if the trolley wheels 15 and 22 jump the wire one of these arms will be certain to engage the wire and prevent the trolley from swinging laterally away from said wire.

It will be observed that the body 16 is normally held substantially parallel to the trolley pole 13 and that, unless prevented,it would tend to drop at its upper end and free the trolley wheel 22 from the trolley wire. Tn order to prevent this the arm 19 has secured t..liereto,"by means of the opening 20, a. link 2.5 to the lower end of which is attached one end of a4 spring 26, the lower end of this spring being attached to some fixed point on the trolley base 12. This spring is a. tension or retraetile spring and' its tendency is to rotate the guard about. the pivot 18 in sueh manner as to throw the arms 24 upward, the tendency being resistedl rovided a simple ind described and combination with a trolley pole having a trolley Wheel atits upper end; of an attachment therefor comprising a substantially T-sliaped member having one of the arms of the T forked and pivoted to the pole below said trolley wheel and the stem of the T extending noriiially parallel to the pole above the pivot point, a fork extending at an angle to the stein of the T, an auxiliary trolley Wheel carried in said fork and adapted to roll on the trollev Wire on which the first mentioned trolley wheel rolls, a pair of widely spread arms forming a fork extending from the end of the stem of the T, said i arins being curved outward and upward, i and lmeans normally urging said stem upwar( mail? Q. ln a' device of the kind described, the combination with a trolley pole having a trolley 'wheel at its upper end; of an attachincnt therefor comprising u substantially T-sliaped member having one of the arms of the T forked und pivoted to the pole below said trolley wheel and the stem of the T extending normally parallel to the pole above the pivot point, a fork extending at an angle to the stein of the T, an auxiliary trolley wheel carried in said fork and ada ted to roll' on the trolley wire on which tie firstmentioned trolle wheel rolls, a pair of )vldely spread arms orming a fork extending from the end of the stem of the T, said arms being curved outward and upward, a trolley base to which said trolley pole is connected, a link connected to the second :i1-ni of the 'T-sliaped member, and a spring coniiecting said lilik and trollc base whereby the auxiliary trolley Wheely is constantly urged upward.

In ttiinony whereof, I ailix in presence of two witnesses.

FLORION L. LUCAS.

my signature,

Witnesses:

CARL J UNGQUJST, vDevin J UNG-Quim, 

